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Steam Integration - how is this going to work.
So the big question. If Steam Games can't run because you're blocking apps you don't approve. How are games that use Steam Achievements, Steam Workshop, Steam Matchmaking, etc supposed to work. I re...
Freekstorm said:
I realise that you can get them to work by setting some options in Oculus, but given that most users wont know how to do that and will simply declare the game doesn't work, how does that help.
They won't know how to do it?
When you run a game that isn't from the oculus store, a giant floating message is displayed in front of you on the rift explaining why the oculus are doing this and directing you to go to the general settings in oculus home to change it. If people are smart enough to download and install your game, they should be smart enough to tick a checkbox.
This is absolutely in no way a walled garden.
If you want metaphors then at worst it's one of those child proof gates around a swimming pool with a giant sign that says "not locked, just lift the knob to open the gate. We just don't want unsupervised children drowning".